Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Norfolk County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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81, East Hills Road, Costessey, NR5 0PD
Received Not publishedOff Wellbeck Road ,Bergh Apton
Received Not publishedWest Earlham Junior School, Scarnell Road, Norwich NR5 8HT
Received Not publishedH'hold Waste Recycling Centre ,Off A140 Nr.Pretty Corner ,Sheringham,Norfolk
Received Not publishedCorner Nurseries & Farm Shop, Fakenham Road, Hoe
Received Not publishedCringleford CE VA First & Middle School, Keswick Road
Received Not publishedLand at Sprowston, Norfolk
Received Not publishedHousehold Waste Centre ,Off B1135 Hempnall ,
Received Not publishedPeterhouse First School, Peterhouse Avenue, Gorleston on Sea
Received Not published5 Wendover Road ,Rackheath Ind.Estate Rackheath ,Norwich
Received Not publishedBriar Lane, Heckingham, Hales NR14 6SY
Received Not publishedBlackborough End Landfill Site
Received Not publishedGravel Pit Silfield Road Wymondham
Received Not publishedMorningthorpe
Received Not publishedGressenhall Farm & Workshop, Gressenhall, Dereham, Norfolk NR20 4DR
Received Not publishedSite Office, Saddlebow Caravan Park, Saddlebow Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE34 3RA
Received Not publishedGrove Farm ,Mattishall Norfolk ,
Received Not publishedLongwater Industrial Estate, Dereham Road, Norwich.
Received Not publishedMayton Wood Landfill Site ,Little Hautbois Road Nr. Coltishall ,Norwich
Received Not publishedHellesdon Kinsale First School, Kinsale Avenue, Hellesdon, Norwich NR6 5SG
Received Not publishedConcrete Batching Plant ,Dereham Road New Costessey ,
Received Not publishedNorth Denes Middle School, Jellicoe Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 4HF
Received Not publishedPump Lane ,Caister on Sea
Received Not publishedSwaffham VC First School, White Cross Road, Swaffham, PE37 7DZ
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Norfolk County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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